Meowdoku Level 170 Step-by-Step Logic Walkthrough & Explained
Follow the replay below. Each board shows the result after applying that step.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 1: Mark X at R1 C5, R4 C5, and R5 C5 + 5 more: a region is locked to this column
The sky blue region must use column 5. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 2: Mark X at R9 C1, R9 C2, and R9 C3 + 4 more: a region is locked to this row
The brown region must use row 9. No other region can use that row. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 3: Mark X at R1 C4, R2 C4, and R3 C4 + 3 more: a region is locked to this column
The pink region must use column 4. No other region can use that column. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 4: Mark X at R2 C3, R3 C3, and R4 C3 + 7 more: rows or columns are reserved
The rose, magenta, sky blue, teal, and light blue regions must use rows 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 5: Mark X at R6 C1, R6 C6, and R7 C1 + 8 more: rows or columns are reserved
The purple, green, and pink regions must use rows 6, 7, and 8. No other region can use those rows. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 6: Mark X at R1 C8 and R2 C10: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the magenta region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 7: Mark X at R2 C6 and R3 C6: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the sky blue region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 8: Mark X at R1 C7, R10 C7, and R10 C8 + 2 more: rows or columns are reserved
The magenta, light blue, purple, and brown regions must use columns 7, 8, 9, and 10. No other region can use those columns. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 9: Mark X at R7 C3: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the pink region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 10: Mark X at R8 C8 and R8 C9: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for the brown region conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 11: Mark X at R7 C4: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for row 8 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 12: Mark X at R5 C9: cats cannot touch
Every possible cat for column 10 conflicts with these cells. Cats cannot share a row, column, region, or diagonal touch. Mark the highlighted cells with X.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 13: Mark X at R1 C1: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the rose region. That assumption would leave Row 7 with no legal cell left. So cannot contain a cat. Mark it with X.
Try a temporary cat at , then follow what the puzzle rules force. If it leads to a contradiction, the must be X in the real puzzle.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 14: Mark X at R1 C2: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the rose region. That assumption would leave Row 7 with no legal cell left. So cannot contain a cat. Mark it with X.
Try a temporary cat at , then follow what the puzzle rules force. If it leads to a contradiction, the must be X in the real puzzle.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 15: Mark X at R1 C6: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the rose region. That assumption would leave the brown region with no legal cell left. So cannot contain a cat. Mark it with X.
Try a temporary cat at , then follow what the puzzle rules force. If it leads to a contradiction, the must be X in the real puzzle.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 16: Mark X at R2 C1: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the rose region. That assumption would leave the brown region with no legal cell left. So cannot contain a cat. Mark it with X.
Try a temporary cat at , then follow what the puzzle rules force. If it leads to a contradiction, the must be X in the real puzzle.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 17: Mark X at R3 C1: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the rose region. That assumption would leave the brown region with no legal cell left. So cannot contain a cat. Mark it with X.
Try a temporary cat at , then follow what the puzzle rules force. If it leads to a contradiction, the must be X in the real puzzle.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 18: Mark X at R4 C6: assuming a cat there leaves a region empty
Suppose held a cat in the rose region. That assumption would leave Row 7 with no legal cell left. So cannot contain a cat. Mark it with X.
Try a temporary cat at , then follow what the puzzle rules force. If it leads to a contradiction, the must be X in the real puzzle.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 19: Place cat at R1 C3: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The rose region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 20: Place cat at R8 C4: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 8 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 21: Place cat at R10 C6: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Column 6 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 22: Place cat at R4 C1: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Column 1 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 23: Place cat at R5 C8: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . Row 5 has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 24: Place cat at R9 C9: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The brown region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 25: Place cat at R2 C7: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The magenta region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 26: Place cat at R3 C5: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The sky blue region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 27: Place cat at R6 C10: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The purple region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 170 Step 28: Place cat at R7 C2: only legal cell
Place a cat here at . The green region has no other legal cell.
Meowdoku Level 170 Result
All 10 cats are placed correctly:
- R1 C3
- R2 C7
- R3 C5
- R4 C1
- R5 C8
- R6 C10
- R7 C2
- R8 C4
- R9 C9
- R10 C6